Pauline Vanier
(née Archer) Born Montreal, Quebec 1898. Died March 1991.Her training as wife and mother
of 5 children was used outside of the home
as a Red Cross volunteer in Paris during and after the Second World War.
She is one of the few Canadians to have been honoured by France for her
services with the Jacques Cartier Medal. Her husband, Georges Vanier,
was also honoured by France for his services during the war. Pauline would
support her husband in all of his diplomatic postings abroad and as "First
Lady" of Canada when Georges served as Governor General of Canada. A widow
and in her 70's, she moved to France where she worked with her famous
son and institution he founded called L'Arche, a refuge for the mentally
handicapped.